Rich Rudnick wrote:
On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 18:48 -0600, John Hasler wrote:Nate writes:If you're using Midnight Commander, just highlight the .deb file and hit <Enter> or double-click. When the .deb is opened highlight the INSTALL file and hit <Enter> or double-click.You asked for easyEasy is typing 'dpkg -i filename'.Assuming filename has no uninstalled dependencies. By jiminy, that sounds like the nearest thing to rpm hell debian has to offer :)
It is basically the same thing. For example, dpkg:rpm::apt:urpmi. In other words, rpm is just a format and some associated low level tools. Like dpkg, it performs no dependency checking or resolution. It is a common misconception that people have that the problem is with rpm. It is not. Imagine trying to use dpkg in the same way many people use rpm and you will see it is just a case of the wrong tool (or no tool) for the job. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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